‘Running Man’ To No Longer Call It Quits And Will Continue With All Original Members!

Gigi

January 27, 2017

At the end of last year, fans around the world were given the sad news that long time variety show, ‘Running Man‘ would be coming to an end in February.

Viewers were full of uncertainties and bitter feelings due to news of the show ending and the controversy of possibly having original members, Song Ji Hyo and Kim Jong Kook leave the show. However, it seems that the SBS production team has listened to the pleas of fans and will no longer be scratching the show. The show will continue on!

SBS confirmed the show’s continuation and stated that,”After hearing the voices of fans, SBS and the 6 ‘Running Man’ members have decided to continue the program with its current members. The production crew continued, “We also repeatedly apologized to the members for the incidents that happened during the program reorganization process, and the members eventually agreed to continue ‘Running Man’.”

Producer Nam Seung Yong met with each of the members individually to confirm their feelings about the decision. As stated in the Instagram post below, Nam PD and the ‘Running Man’ staff voiced out their thoughts and gratitude on the show’s continuation:

“[RunningMan Staffs’ official announcement] SBS & 6 RM members decided to keep going on RunningMan without stopping in consideration of RM fans’ wishes for RM to be continued. NamSeungYong, new Vice President of SBS Entertainment Headquarters, who had planned RM firstly in 2010, has had sincere conversations with 6 RM members from the beginning of this year to up until now. He offered apology to 6 RM members again for the past things on the way of RM renewal and 6 RM members agreed to continue RM without stopping. He expressed sincere appreciation to 6 RM members for their difficult decision and he announced that he would do his best to make RM more enjoyable to return RM fans around the world who had been showing endless love for RM for 7 years since 2010.”

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🏃🏻🏃🏻🏃🏻🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻🏃🏻 [‘런닝맨’ 제작진 공식 입장] 런닝맨 종영을 아쉬워하는 국내외 런닝맨 팬들의 목소리에, SBS와 6인의 런닝맨 멤버들은 현재 멤버 그대로 런닝맨을 계속 이어가기로 결정했습니다. 지난 2010년 런닝맨을 최초로 기획한 신임 남승용 SBS 예능본부장은 올 초부터 최근까지 런닝맨 멤버를 모두 만나서 진솔한 대화를 나눴습니다. 멤버들과의 대화를 통해 그 동안 런닝맨 개편 과정에서 일어난 일들에 거듭 사과했고, 이에 6인 멤버들은 런닝맨을 지속하기로 합의했습니다. 남승용 신임 본부장은 “쉽지 않은 결정을 내려준 런닝맨 멤버들께 진심으로 감사드리고, 또한 지난 7년간 런닝맨을 사랑해 주신 국내외 팬들께 보답하기 위해서라도 앞으로 더욱 재미있는 런닝맨으로 시청자 여러분을 찾아갈 수 있도록 최선을 다하겠다”라고 포부를 밝혔습니다. 🏃🏻🏃🏻🏃🏻🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻🏃🏻 [RunningMan Staffs' official announcement] SBS & 6 RM members decided to keep going on RunningMan without stopping in consideration of RM fans' wishes for RM to be continued. NamSeungYong, new Vice President of SBS Entertainment Headquarters, who had planned RM firstly in 2010, has had sincere conversations with 6 RM members from the beginning of this year to up until now. He offered apology to 6 RM members again for the past things on the way of RM renewal and 6 RM members agreed to continue RM without stopping. He expressed sincere appreciation to 6 RM members for their difficult decision and he announced that he would do his best to make RM more enjoyable to return RM fans around the world who had been showing endless love for RM for 7 years since 2010. ••• #런닝맨 #RunningMan #RM

A post shared by RunningMan (@sbs_runningman_sbs) on Jan 23, 2017 at 11:31pm PST

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Sources: Running Man Instagram | Korea Daily US

Edited by: Gigi E.

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